Work & commute · Castro Valley

Work & commute in Castro Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Castro Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (12%), San Francisco (10%) and Hayward (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,913 of 29,714 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,801 Castro Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,913 work right here, and 9,137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castro Valley.

27,801live here, work elsewhere

1,913live and work here

9,137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castro Valley goes to work

Oakland9.9 mi away

12%3,676

San Francisco53 mi away

10%2,905

Hayward6.1 mi away

7%1,939

Castro Valley (in town)right here

6%1,913

San Leandro5.5 mi away

5%1,365

Fremont16.2 mi away

4%1,197

San Jose31.6 mi away

4%1,059

Pleasanton10.3 mi away

4%1,058

San Ramon8.3 mi away

2%652

Alameda11.1 mi away

2%636

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%13,314

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Castro Valley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

52%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castro Valley is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Castro Valley are

11,050 jobs are based in Castro Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castro Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Castro Valley

11,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Castro Valley residents hold

29,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−4%

Jobs based in Castro Valley, 2013 → 2023: 11,458 → 11,050. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.